Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-08-24

mean |business genltl We
sell our goods ~ ~ down and rive away
the most expensive present q our cash
customers ever giyen away 81 this town
Chat field Demo rat: II you'd bessa
good plan for all the farmers who can q
SOW . field Of winter re. planted ii
once II Will ford good pasture this fall
provided Of course there ID az occasional
rain. ana will afford y lot 81 early feed
next spriag, provided It Il not wanted
for grain. Il viii make ybig differences
in the amount Of milk. besides helping
out, the supply Fodder.
w Couldn't nc be q COED idea 10 organ.
lie q elee club. Itwould be 4 good thing
.toiwhile away some 81 the long winter
evenings besides greatly improving our
musical talents. The evenings are get
ting consid erably longer, and cold
weather will soon be upon US. when out
door exerise will have TO be done away
with fora while. Let US hear from some
OF those who are muslcally dispo sed.
The Owatonna Journal says that q
number Of business men advanced money
to pay the expenses incurred In holding
the railroad election aud securing the
location Of the road through that county.
amounting TO $1s5, but when the city.
council audited 81, account for reim-.
bursting them, an injunction upon the
city treasurer was sued ont by q citizen
to prevent the payment Of the order:
Much indignation in felt.
Il. Dettlebach. Cheap Charley has
just returned from the eastern markets,
where he has purchased, as usual. an i'm
mense line Of clothing, gents furnishing
goods, hats, and caps, which will BE sold.
at the lowest possible price, as will be
seen by his add in these columns. Their
store has been thorough renovated and
they can now boast Of the finest fitted
store in southern Minnesota.
The following report Of crops raised
on q farm of 100 acres, near the city, fur
nished us by L. D. Baird. will show that
farming, with proper attention, and the
required diversity is pretty solid business
in this county even III a dry year. This
is the result: 1850 bushels Of oats. 800
bushels of fax, 316 bushels Of barley, 1O7
bushels Of timothy, 10 tons Of hay and
.pasturagc for the season for II cows. We
think this is a showing that ought to
be satisfactory, even to a genuine grum-
bier. I, ss5= I. ....S s.s. Z.
- Has yer heerd what happened last
week to Gabe Snodgrass?" II hain't
heard muffin about him sence he left Aus
tin last week" Two trains run togell-
der. and Gabe's head was cut clean off. = ;"
He's dead I s'pose7" ''Of course. he's
been dead ever since. /" 'sWell, Iisn't.sur-
prised bit. De las time seed him he
was lookin poorly and was scomplainin'
OF, q misery in his chest, and he had q
mighty ,spicious lookin' gumboil on his
ne' i'Aas o1''uss'
AT the Rochester fair there will be
two balloon ascensions, one on Wednes-
day, Sept. Z, and one Thursday, Sept, 8.
Williams and Young, Of Cincinnati, are
the aeronauts, and they promise to give
the most daring ascensions and trapeze
performance ever seen in the west. The
balloon used is SO feet in diameter and 70
feet high. It ascends to the height ofa
mile or more and sails of distance Of
=; ~ $50. - -. = na.for,a,n az
49, !, 80 .as,s a,,;,a sa;,; - :.
a,,o $500, !. = ~ o,...,dse '.'A' 80
$500 - - 5 =ss d
The picnic at Mr.. KlmbalPs last Fri.
day by Austln's young people, was
pleasant affair. About 100 persons were
present and enjoyed themselves heartily
with croquct, ball playing, boating,
swinging, etc, until . fine shower rather
put = damper on The festivities. About 1
$50 lunch was spread blythe ladies'. and
bountiful and delicious spread II was
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